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Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Caitlyn Jenner ‘Disgusted’ Over Trans Day Of Visibility Being On Easter  —  Transgender Day of Visibility has been on March 31 since its inception in 2009.  Easter is a different date each year, however.  —  LOADING  —  Caitlyn Jenner, a trans woman, wrote on social media Saturday that she is …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Here's what Trump and Biden said in their Easter messages  —  President Biden and former President Trump shared starkly different Easter messages Sunday.  —  Biden marked the holy day with a solemn message, while Trump lashed out at political opponents in an all-caps post on Truth Social.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
“Trending: Easter Controversy,” or: How little lies pave the way for the next big lie  —  No-News Weekend Internet is stupid-dangerous in the Trump era — as this weekend's attack on the Transgender Day of Visibility shows.  —  This weekend's gaslighting from the right around Easter falling …
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
The Trump camp and the White House clash over Biden's recognition of ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’
The Insider:
“Unit 29155's scope is global for conducting lethal operations and acts of sabotage.  Their mission is to find, fix, and finish, all in support of Vladimir Putin's imperial dreams."  —  Originally conceived as a training unit within the GRU, it was reorganized and expanded in 2008 …
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Launches Another Attack on Judge's Daughter, This Time with Photos  —  The former president accused Judge Juan Merchan's daughter of presenting a conflict of interest, possibly violating a gag order  —  Donald Trump launched yet another attack against the daughter …
David McAfee / Raw Story:
NBC host under fire for ‘profoundly irresponsible’ reporting on Trump's judicial attacks  —  NBC host Kristen Welker is in hot water after a report in which she told viewers that Donald Trump's attacks against the daughter of a judge in the former president's criminal case are a “reminder” that this is a “deeply divided nation.”
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
CNN:
Johnson sounds out key Republicans with speakership and Ukraine aid on line  —  Days after his speakership was put on notice by a far-right member, Mike Johnson strategized with a key - and perhaps surprising - source: firebrand GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, the architect of the last effort to remove a speaker.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
New smear campaign puts first Muslim appellate nominee in jeopardy  —  Republicans first attempted to sink the nomination of Adeel Mangi, who would be the first Muslim American to serve on a federal appellate court, on allegations that he was an anti-semitic terrorist sympathizer.
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
GOP congressman tempers ‘Nagasaki and Hiroshima’ comments on Gaza: ‘I used a metaphor’  —  Rep. Tim Walberg said he really wasn't advocating using nuclear weapons.  —  Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) on Sunday said that his recent comment that the war in Gaza should “be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima” was not meant to be taken literally.
Associated Press:
In setback to Turkey's Erdogan, opposition makes huge gains in local election  —  Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in Sunday's local elections, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas.
CNN:
Embittered Republicans plot to knock off House GOP's hard-right leader in Virginia primary feud  —  Rep. Derrick Van Orden is done with Rep. Bob Good.  —  Good, the leader of the House Freedom Caucus and one of eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership …
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times:
El Paso judge orders release of migrants accused of ‘border riot’  —  An El Paso magistrate judge on Easter Sunday ordered the release of migrants accused in a “border riot” when a stampede overwhelmed National Guard troops along the Rio Grande.  —  Court officials noted that undocumented migrants …
NBC News:
Conservatives shell long-standing White House Easter Egg contest  —  Conservative outlets zeroed in on a flyer banning religious themes from an Easter Egg decorating contest, though the policy has been in place for decades, according to the White House.  —  Several conservative outlets did not …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
They came for Florida's sun and sand.  They got soaring costs and a culture war.  —  Florida has seen a population boom in recent years, but many longtime residents and recent transplants say rising costs and divisive politics have them fleeing the Sunshine State.
 
 
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